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Films are narratives – they tell stories. Even films based on true events will fictionalise them to make in order to produce drama, to telescope time, to avoid being filled with too many minor characters, or simply to be more entertaining. Films are usually summarised by their plots – in their first ‘treatment’ (or outline […]

Saving private Ryan was first released on September 11th 1998 and was directed by Steven Spielberg, a famous director widely known for his other outstanding films that prove for him to be great at his job. Some of these famous titles include Jaws(1975), E. T(1982), Jurassic Park(1993), Minority Report(2002) and many more.Saving Private Ryan is […]

According to ICN (1998), hand hygiene is crucial in preventing cross-infection in healthcare settings. Hospital-acquired infections pose a significant risk to patients and place a heavy burden on national health services. As noted by Lusardi (2007), each occurrence of healthcare-associated infection in the UK costs approximately £3,000 (Department of Health 2000). Moreover, as nursing accounts […]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was directed by a man called Ang Lee and released on the 9th December 2003. CTHD is aimed at an older target audience; the action packed film, set in China has scenes woven together from romance to fighting. It starts off as Li Mu-Bai surrenders a legendary sword that has been […]

In British television (www. bbc. co. uk), Sam Brenton, author of “Everyone’s A Winner,” reports that there are currently at least five extremely popular reality shows. I also find that we are not just subjected to our own versions of these reality TV shows, but we must also endure the American ones also. American Idol, […]

In the film, Let him have it, the Director, Peter Medak, portrays Derek William Bentley as a weak, naive, poorly-educated young man who never really understands what is going on around him. Bentley has the mental age of an eleven year-old, cannot read or write, and suffers from epilepsy. We can only compare him to […]

If someone watches Edgar Ulmer’s Detour on a whim, they may interpret the plot as adhering to a predictable Hollywood narrative structure. The initial stages of the story portray a clear journey motif, as Al embarks on a trip from New York to California to reunite with his partner, Sue. Al exhibits a “crucial characteristic […]

We live in a culture highly obsessed with the celebrity, they play a large role in the lives of individuals, whether subconsciously aware of this or not. The space they occupy in our lives has been for the most part, unexplored. This essay attempts to explore the ways in which celebrities exert a gatekeeping control […]

Part 1.The Enquiry Based Learning ( EBL ) is a method of learning which involves a student-centred approach. In EBL each student is responsible for their own learning and for the learning of other group members. This method of learning will help and assist us to develop the transferable teamwork skills which Miller (1999) and […]

In 50 First Dates, Adam Sandler plays the part of Henry Roth, a womanizer who has fallen in love with Lucy. Lucy (Drew Barrymore) was injured in a car crash and loses her short-term memory every time she falls asleep. When she awakens, she can remember nothing since the day of her accident. Henry pursues […]

‘The Qabbalah (or Kabbalah) is the name given in post biblical Hebrew to the oral tradition handed down from Moses to the Rabbis of the Mishna and Talmud. ‘1 This description offers perhaps is good basis of what, in simplified terms, the Qabbalah is. In actuality the Qabbalah is a little more complex in its […]

Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” is a remarkable example of a gangster movie, showcasing the efforts of protagonist Eliot Ness as he combats notorious bootlegger, AL Capone, in 1930s Chicago. De Palma employs various film techniques to effectively portray Ness, with Kevin Costner adeptly cast in the lead due to his established star image as […]

The Trailer for the film Mission Impossible is full of action packed excitement and amazing stunts. The films distributor is a company by the name of Paramount, this is a large and respectable company and with its easily recognisable logo it attracts many people to see this film. This film has a wide range of […]

The concept of utilitarianism can be agreed upon by many; the idea that any action should create the most amount of happiness, for the most number of people. There is however some debate regarding the two main opposing schools of thought for utilitarianism, these being rule-utilitarianism and act-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism tells us that the most important […]

The focus of this essay is on the opening scene of Jurassic Park. I intend to discuss and identify how cinematography has been used to entice the audience into the scene and make hem want to watch it. Jurassic Park is an action-adventure film about a human manufactured herd of dinosaurs, which are said to […]

Nowadays, it seems that violence is present everywhere we turn. We see it in television, books, movies, music, and in the news. It has gotten to the point where nothing shocks us anymore; we take violence for granted. One might even say we derive a sort of sick pleasure out of watching people run from […]

Courts will refuse to enforce a contract, which has come into existence whereby an individual has been induced to enter into it by means of pressure brought to bear upon them, so as to influence their own independent judgement. For quite some time the only tool the courts had to deal with these instances was […]

The Holocaust was the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews of Nazi occupied Europe between 1939 and 1945. Six million Jews were savagely murdered as a result. Most were sent to concentration and death camps where they were forced into harsh labour, and if they were not capable of undertaking this, they were shot or […]

The purpose of this study is to find the effect of covered stomata on plant transpiration. The experiment was designed to examine the changes in texture of four Devil’s Ivy leaves (Epipremnum aureus) affected by covered stomata and rate of transpiration. One leaf was completely coated with Vaseline gel. The second leaf was coated only […]

I believe that a pilgrimage could be defined as a holiday, as the prefix, “holi” means sacred or holy, so a “holiday” would be appropriate to associate with this spiritual event however, used in the context of a vacation, I beg to differ. For me, a pilgrimage is a rite of passage; everyone should be […]

The Films of Robert Rodriguez are very much embraced by Hollywood even though they are made independently of the studio norm. Discuss how and why Rodriguez produces Mainstream films, while still remaining true to his Independent roots, both in terms of style and attitude. Robert Rodriguez has a lot more experience in film than most […]

Thomas Merton can be seen as an author, monk, critic of society, and religious icon throughout the world. In his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton explores the tradition of religion and man’s search for dialogue with God. One of the moral themes in the book is man’s loneliness. For Merton, this deep-rooted loneliness was […]